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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Yesterday was spent tidying my sewing area and organizing my stash. I am actually a very messy sewer, and have a bad habit of not re-folding and returning fabric back to where it came from. It is not unusual for there to be a fabric mountain on my work table. Whilst going through some of my boxed fabrics I came across the Purple Patch Quilt. It was put aside, way back in November, to await the arrival of the binding fabric.

So today was spent sewing on the binding with fabric that arrived quite some time ago.

The binding fabric as well as all of the solids are Kaffe Fassett shot cottons in the colorway Lilac, Lavender, Heather, Prune and Grape.

Shot cottons, as opposed to true solids, add so much more depth and interest to a quilt with shifts in color from tonal variations.

Purple is still my personal challenge color, it is slowly growing on me. Slowly. I wonder if other quilters have color issues?

I can relate to the messy sewer syndrome! But it all gets cleaned up eventually. I love the purples, and greens are a favorite. I find I don't use alot of reds, though. The quilt is great for it's simplicity and use of color.

I've never heard of shot cottons before, but I'm happy to learn something new! (There's probably lots of things quilting I've never heard of before -- LOL!) I love colors; I haven't met one yet that I couldn't work with, in its proper place!! :)

I'm a very messy quilter also. I love the way all your fabrics work together. My least favorite colors are yellow and that bright blue that you see alot with yellow. I think there was a BOM with vases maybe, using those 2 colors. I just can't use those together.

I have to admit that I don't like purple. And until some minutes ago, I would have added: at all...But now...I think I'm really drawn to your quilt...the colors are so vibrant and the purple invite the eyes to rest in between wandering from fabric to fabric. I only have two or three pieces of purple/violet/lilac/? fabric in my stash...maybe I should change that...!

Another color I can't really befriend with is orange...not the buttery, creamy yellow-orange, but the bold, "true" orange...it's just not my color...maybe I should also get some fabric of this color, to overcome my fear of it...because I've seen some quilts using said color & I liked them.Do you think I have a color problem? ;o) I never reffered to me as someone afraid of colors...but maybe I was wrong with that, too...Thanks for giving me something to consider.Greetings from Germany,Julia

It is so beautiful, but then I really love purple. Colours I find difficult to work with are yellow and pink. Every once in a while I pick them up and try to do something with them, but I am never really pleased with the result. Good of you to get out of your comfortzone and make something wich is so beautiful.

I'm not in love with purple either... And yet I seem to have a lot of plants that are purple...not because of their color, but because I like the shape, etc. I'm also not a fan of black... The quilt is great! You should show us a picture of your sewing area! (hint, hint) ;D

You've given me some food for thought. Purple and yellow are my challenge colours, so I decided buy a few fat quarters of each to push myself outside my comfort zone. Now I have to make sure they don't just sit in the stash...

I have a very hard time with both purple and orange. I don't even make it to the quilting phase with those colors, I tend to not even buy them at the store. For some reason, I'm just not drawn to them. I think you did a beautiful job with the color purple though! A quilt to be proud of for sure!